The 1923 New York Yankees season was the 21st season for the American League franchise. Manager Miller Huggins led the team to their third straight pennant with a 98–54 record, 16 games ahead of the second place Detroit Tigers. The Yankees moved into the now-famous Yankee Stadium. In the 1923 World Series, they avenged their 1921 and 1922 losses by defeating the New York Giants in 6 games, 4 games to 2, and won their first World Series title.

Regular season

The Yankees began their first World Championship season on April 18 as they opened Yankee Stadium. Babe Ruth christened the new stadium with a home run in the Yankees' 4–1 victory over the Boston Red Sox. The stadium would later be called "the House that Ruth Built".

On May 5, the Yankees beat the Philadelphia Athletics 7–2 at Yankee Stadium to regain first place, the Yankees would never fall back in the standings for the rest of the season.

Babe Ruth set a Yankees record for highest batting average in one season by hitting .393. Ruth also finished the season with 41 home runs and 130 RBIs. Ruth's average was not enough to win the batting title, as Ruth finished in second place to Detroit's Harry Heilmann who batted .403. Ruth reached base safely 379 times during the season.Baseball's Top 100: The Game's Greatest Records, p.36, Kerry Banks, 2010, Greystone Books, Vancouver, BC,

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Roster 1923 New York Yankees Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats = Indicates team leader = Indicates league leader

Batting

Starters by position Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI C 84 272 75 .276 2 29 1B 144 569 173 .304 6 108 2B 152 567 161 .284 10 82 3B 146 644 182 .283 7 67 SS 152 533 131 .246 6 60 OF 152 522 205 .393 41 130 OF 146 596 187 .314 6 56 OF 132 460 144 .314 9 91

Other batters Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI 72 238 69 .290 3 26 70 183 56 .306 7 35 37 66 18 .273 3 12 19 53 7 .132 0 3 19 38 17 .448 1 8 30 38 8 .211 0 1 13 26 11 .423 1 9 28 25 4 .160 0 3 8 13 1 .077 0 1

Pitching

Starting pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO 37 275.2 19 15 3.43 125 36 258.2 16 11 3.51 125 34 243.0 21 8 3.63 68 37 238.2 17 9 3.02 60 35 238.1 19 6 3.13 93 Note: Jones was team leader in saves with 4.

Other pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO 23 81.1 5 2 6.20 16 8 33.1 1 3 5.94 12

Relief pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G W L SV ERA SO 5 0 0 1 8.49 7

1923 World Series

GameDateVisitorScoreHomeScoreRecord (NYY-NYG)Attendance1October 10New York Giants5New York Yankees40–155,3072October 11New York Yankees4New York Giants21–140,4023October 12New York Giants1New York Yankees01–262,4304October 13 ‡New York Yankees8New York Giants42–246,3025October 14 ‡New York Giants1New York Yankees83–262,8176October 15 ‡New York Yankees6New York Giants44–234,172 New York Yankees win 4–2

Awards and honors Babe Ruth, AL MVP Award

Franchise records Babe Ruth, club record, highest single-season batting average, (.393)

References

External links 1923 New York Yankees at Baseball Reference 1923 World Series 1923 New York Yankees team page at www.baseball-almanac.com

Further reading